Fairhaven, MN
December 20, 2022 Friends, The first major festival of the Church Year is the glorious celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior. At Christmas we focus on those words of the Creed, “born of the Virgin Mary”, and ponder the miracle that God and man are united in
December 13, 2022 Friends, Below is a poem written in the 1930s by the English poet W. H. Auden. It was a reflection on Advent within a larger work about Christmas. The middle two verses are especially difficult, but pay close attention to the 1st and 4th verses. The first
December 5, 2022 Friends, One of the things that can make reading the Bible seem tricky is the scope. That is, it covers a long time! It’s easy to get bogged down in the names and places and lose track of when it’s happening and what it has to do
November 29, 2022 Friends, Unlike the secular calendar, which begins its year on January 1, the Christian Church begins the celebration of its liturgical year four Sundays before Christmas with the season of Advent. The word “Advent” comes from a Latin word and means “coming.” During Advent we especially prepare
November 21, 2022 Friends, Behold, God’s ample blessingIs gathered in with great delight;Should we not then considerHow to extol the Lord aright?God on the year has lavishedThe bounty of his grace,And on us cast in showersHis wealth in every place.How many are the favorsWhich he has to us shown!Which his
November 13, 2022 Friends, Sunday is the second-to-last Sunday of the Church Year. Here’s what Nils Laache said about the end of the Church Year: “Very appropriately, the end of the Church Year is when we focus on the end of the world. The last few Sundays of the Church Year
October 25, 2022 Friends, First, don’t forget these notes from the calendar! Wednesday, October 26 – Women’s Bible Study (6pm) & Men’s Bible Study (8pm)Women’s Bible Study is learning about feminine virtue. This month: cheerfulness & contentment. What does the Bible have to say about those virtues? As you’re reading
October 18, 2022 Friends, Watch out for a few peculiarities and items of note on the calendar coming up: Wednesday, October 19 – No 7pm evening serviceYes, there still will be chapel and Bible Study in the morning. Friday, October 21 – Dropoff for the Fall Bazaar, 8am-6pmLots of opportunities
October 11, 2022 Friends, Jesus told a parable once about a man who owed a great debt. The debt was far greater than he could ever repay. We’re talking billions of dollars. There’s no way out. There’s no declaring bankruptcy, no negotiating a settlement. This is it. Pay up or
October 4, 2022 Friends, What are you up against? What is wearing on you? What weights and sins cling to you? Do not think that your trouble is just the stuff of life. Don’t let the devil tell you that it’s all just so many unsolvable problems, that this world